Jiang Ce's Ambition! Plane Promotion.

Zi Ji froze in place.

Beneath her purple dress, the black silk bodysuit continued to constrict, the sticky sensation crawling slowly against her skin as if someone were stroking her from her neck all the way down to her ankles.

She gritted her silver teeth, wanting to lash out, but realized that everyone present had their eyes fixed on her.

In front of the Master, she dared not move.

"Master... this subordinate has lost her composure."

She hurriedly lowered her head.

Yet, that layer of latex offered her no dignity, continuing to tighten slowly, and she could only endure the shame, clenching her teeth tightly.

"I've unexpectedly discovered that you're quite cute, Zi Ji." Jiang Ce's wicked, cackling laughter echoed in her mind.

Zi Ji ground her silver teeth until they clicked.

This bastard was doing this to tease her on purpose.

Gu Yuena withdrew her gaze, looking at the tentacle on her shoulder, her voice cold and calm: "Once I heal my injuries, shall we launch a counterattack on the God Realm?"

"What else? Do you want to go in hot-headed and beat them up while your wounds are still unhealed?"

"What we need to do now is store up grain and delay our claim to the throne. Once all advantages are gathered, that will be the day we launch our counterattack."

"Store up grain, delay the claim to the throne."

Gu Yuena's eyes slowly brightened.

"I ask you, what is the growth rate of humans?"

Jiang Ce suddenly shifted the topic.

Gu Yuena frowned, unsure.

Emperor Heaven spoke up at the right moment: "Those with exceptional talent can become Title powerhouses in a mere few decades. A powerful Title Douluo can rival a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast."

"How long does it take for a Soul Beast to grow to a hundred thousand years?"

Emperor Heaven opened his mouth but could not answer.

"How do Soul Beasts grow? Those with strong bloodlines devour one another, and if they are lucky, they live to be ten thousand years old. To reach a hundred thousand years, it takes tens of thousands of years at the very least. Not every beast has a bloodline like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which can rival a hundred-thousand-year beast at ten thousand years."

"Humans have sects, armies, and coordination. In a one-on-one fight at the same level, a Soul Beast wins, but humans never fight one-on-one—if three aren't enough, they send ten, using tactics and piling on resources. Humans have already developed their advantage. They grew from weak beings to covering the entire continent. Your territory is being nibbled away inch by inch, while Soul Beasts are still busy marking territory and tearing each other apart."

Emperor Heaven listened to Jiang Ce's words, stunned.

He had guarded the Life Lake for tens of thousands of years, watching humans be born and grow from weaklings into beings capable of slaughtering Soul Beasts. Humans had even produced ninety-nine-level Peerless Douluos.

On the Soul Beast side, everything remained the same.

There had been no progress at all over these many years.

"The human growth cycle is short; those with talent reach Title Douluo in a few decades. Soul Beasts slowly endure for hundreds or thousands of years; by the time you grow up, humans have already cultivated their next batch of powerhouses. What's more fatal is that humans distribute resources, while Soul Beasts only kill each other."

"Your subjects rely on instinct to scrape by; there is no cultivation method, no resource allocation, and no coordinated organization. If they want to get stronger, they devour each other—if they're lucky, they break through; if they're unlucky, they get trampled to death. You call this a race? I call this free-range farming."

The tentacle pointed at Emperor Heaven: "Emperor Heaven, outside the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, in which regions are the Soul Beasts over seventy thousand years old located? What attributes do they excel in? Give me the full list."

Emperor Heaven opened his mouth, unable to answer.

"You can't list them all because you never thought to manage them. Your duty is to guard the core area; you don't care whether those on the periphery live or die. But Silver Dragon King—you keep saying that Soul Beasts are your subjects, yet they are hunted down outside, torn apart by their own kind, and unable to find suitable environments to break through their bottlenecks."

"You have slept at the bottom of the lake for tens of thousands of years; have you ever cared?"

"You rely on your noble bloodlines, never considering the survival of those at the bottom. Humans are different. They band together, provide warmth for one another, and have formed a civilization. They pass it down generation after generation, growing from weak to strong, accumulating advantages."

Gu Yuena, Emperor Heaven, and the Silver Dragon King all fell silent.

"So, what you need to do is incorporate them all, turning them from free-range beasts into a unified force. Those over Ten Thousand Year level should be organized into a system, with areas assigned based on their attributes. When creatures of the same attribute stimulate each other's aura, their cultivation will double, and internal friction will be minimized."

"Step two—why are humans able to develop so rapidly? Sect inheritance, medicinal pill supplies, and team coordination. Your Soul Beasts only have claws and fangs. From today on, the resources of the core area will be opened up; spirit herbs, spirit springs, and heaven and earth energy will all be distributed. It won't be a handout—whoever cultivates the fastest and whoever has the strongest combat power at the same level gets the most. Force them to compete, force them to become stronger! Instead of being a scattered mess like before."

"Step three—forbid high-level Soul Beasts from killing each other. Humans are happiest when they see two Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts suffer mutual destruction over a patch of forest, only for a passing Title Douluo to easily reap the rewards. From today on, killing within the same faction is forbidden. Disputes will be adjudicated by Zi Ji or Emperor Heaven. If they refuse to submit, beat them until they do; if they still refuse, exile them immediately."

Emperor Heaven raised his head, just about to speak, when the Silver Dragon King raised a hand to stop him: "Let him finish."

"Free-range feeding won't raise an army; to raise an army, you must pen them up and train them. When the time comes, you will see a Soul Beast legion capable of fighting hard battles, not this scattered mess."

The tentacles retracted from the Silver Dragon King's shoulders, merging back into the black silk bodysuit.

The Silver Dragon King was silent for a long time:

"Emperor Heaven, set up defenses in the core area and open up the outer resources. Zi Ji, incorporate the outer Soul Beasts. For those who do not obey, handle them as he said."

Emperor Heaven's golden dragon eyes were filled with complexity.

Finally, he spread his Dragon Wing and flew toward the core area.

Zi Ji also spread her Dragon Wing and flew off in another direction.

However, after flying a few miles, she couldn't help but let out a curse through gritted teeth.

Bastard, stop moving around, will you?

Yet, Jiang Ce's sinister, cackling laughter echoed from the tentacles.

"Then what about you? After talking about the plight of the Soul Beasts, what will you do?"

"I feel like you have other motives."

The Silver Dragon King was becoming increasingly curious about Jiang Ce.

"You unify the Soul Beasts, and I will naturally unify the humans," Jiang Ce's voice came from the tentacles. "By then, won't this entire planet be in our pockets? We will combine the power of the entire planet to make it more prosperous and flourishing."

"What do you think will happen to this plane?"

"What do you mean?" The Silver Dragon King's pupils constricted.

"Plane ascension."

"Plane ascension is easier said than done."

"Aren't we doing it right now? Integrating human and Soul Beast resources to establish a new internal energy circulation system. This world will no longer suffer from internal friction. When the time comes, we will condense the Plane Master and the Life Core, awakening the plane's will. Then, we will recreate a Life Ancient Tree—the hub of this world, absorbing cosmic energy and feeding it back to the entire world."

Hearing of Jiang Ce's grand ambitions, the Silver Dragon King could hardly imagine it.

She was still thinking about taking revenge on the God Realm after her recovery, yet he was thinking about unifying all power, animating the will of this planet, and elevating the plane.

He wanted to turn this world into a God Realm as well.

But why did this feeling seem so familiar?

The Silver Dragon King always felt this kind of ascension was too familiar.

Vague memories surged forth, and she furrowed her brows. Channeling cosmic energy to ascend, the Divine Dragon Domain—

Wasn't this what the Dragon God had done?

"After I die, no Soul Beast shall become a god."

Suddenly, a massive wave of memories flooded in, and the Silver Dragon King's eyes widened:

"The decree that Soul Beasts cannot become gods was issued by the Dragon God?"

She felt a wave of dizziness at that moment.

Ever since the Dragon God was slain and split into the two halves of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, her godhood had been damaged, her memories chaotic, and a portion of them lost.

Now, however, she recalled those memories because of Jiang Ce.

"You are about to repeat the Dragon God's mistakes." The Silver Dragon King stared at the tentacle beside her.

"That is where you are gravely mistaken." Jiang Ce's confident voice came through.

"Naturally, it is because the Dragon God was wrong."

"The Dragon God was wrong?"

Gu Yuena's mind was shaken.

"How is that possible??"

Lying down, it's too late, I'll continue tomorrow.

My deepest apologies, everyone.

[By the way, let me ask one thing: what do you all think about a reborn Qian Renxue or something similar? Or perhaps Qian Renxue comes to this world, only to discover that it is the world of her mother's youth. Then, she finds out her father is not Qian Xunji. Her mother has even been tamed. By the way, based on Qian Renxue's connections, could we incorporate ideas about attacking another Douluo Planet, suppressing another Tang San, and plundering their origins? Hehe. You big shots are welcome to discuss!]